Segment 1: WGN Business Reporter Steve Alexander tells John about Kmart closing its last full-size U.S. store.

Segment 2: Philippe Weiss, President, Seyfarth at Work, joins John to talk about how retailers need to be prepared when customers get politically heated up.

Segment 3: Harold Redman, President and CEO, ECHO Incorporated in Lake Zurich, tells John about how many people they employ from the Lake Zurich area, the efficiency of their facility, ECHO being a recipient of a Green Business Award from the Village of Lake Zurich, the 10 products they launched at a media event last week, who typically uses their products, the advancements of battery technology, their partnership with Susan B. Komen, and how business has been going this year.